Profiles Index

Ph.D in Economics - Tips for Applying to and Succeeding In Grad School
Many students consider completing a Ph.D. in economics. Is a Ph.D. in economics right for you? How can you better improve your odds of completing the program?

Sales Tax - The Economics of Sales Taxes
A short primer on the economics of sales taxes. What are the properties of sales taxes and how do sales taxes impact the economy.

A short biography of John Maynard Keynes
A short biography of John Maynard Keynes

Interest - The Economics of Interest
Interest - what do economists mean when they use the term interest? A common sense discussion on the economic concept of interest.

Supply - The Economics of Supply
Supply - what do economists mean when they use the term supply? A common sense discussion on the economic concept of supply.

Demand - The Economics of Demand
Demand - what do economists mean when they use the term demand? A common sense discussion on the economic concept of demand.

John Kenneth Galbraith
A look at John Kenneth Galbraith, a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Economics for 2003. John Kenneth Galbraith is an emeritus economics professor at Harvard University

Gordon Tullock
A look at Gordon Tullock, a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Economics for 2003. Gordon Tullock is an economics and law professor at George Mason University.

Edward C. Prescott
A look at Edward C. Prescott, a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Economics for 2003. Ed Prescott is an economics professor at the University of Minnesota

William Baumol
A look at William Baumol, a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Economics for 2003. William Baumol is an emeritus economics professor at New York University.

Eugene Fama
A look at Eugene Fama, a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Economics for 2003. Eugene Fams is a professor of finance at the University of Chicago.

Robert Barro
A look at Robert Barro, a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Economics for 2003. Robert J. Barro is an emeritus economics professor at Harvard University.